10 WWE Superstars Who Deserve A Secondary Title Reign
Featuring two brand-new championships that have been created just for this list!
Mid-card titles are that traditional stepping stone to the main event. At least, they should be. Before Braun Strowman was drafted in to topple Goldberg at this year's WrestleMania, the last person to win the Intercontinental Championship before getting their hands on a world title was Kevin Owens in 2015.
For the US belt, you have to go back to Kofi Kingston nearly eight years ago. Wade Barrett, Big E, Rusev, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Samoa Joe are just a few of the names to hold mid-card gold this decade without having it act as a springboard to further greatness. The same gaggle of upper mid-carders have been swapping the title between them for the last few years; with the odd exception.
There are more than ten wrestlers within WWE's stacked locker room who deserve a run with one of the secondary belts, but that's how long this list is, so tough. Most are people who have shown flashes of their potential despite never being backed by the company, while some would be taking a step back to make their colleagues look like prizefighters. One is a man who deserves to be a record-setter when he hangs up the boots...
10. Sonya Deville
Obviously, a women's mid-card championship needs to be introduced for this one to work, provided WWE treated it better than they have the tag team titles. Right now, there is way too wide of a gap between the select few in the main event picture, and those scrabbling underneath for TV time.
Sonya Deville would be an exemplary first champion when she is ready to return (provided she is indeed coming back to WWE, which seems more than likely, given the circumstances). A wrestler with a legit fighting background blended with an intensity unmatched in the women's ranks at the time of her departure, Sonya would be an ideal inaugural secondary champion.
Being the first means she can dictate how the championship is brought in. If she returns as the ass-kicking heel she left as, she can just walk down the ramp, unveil the belt, and declare that she has been anointed by the creator of women's wrestling, Stephanie McMahon. More likely, she comes back to a hero's welcome after a stellar feud with Mandy Rose and rides the wave of support through the inevitable tournament to be crowned champ.